Floor help needed

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cstrom72

I have turned my 3rd stall into a paint booth again and I recently installed a large (expensive) Jenny fan in the window. My problem is that the new fan pulls so hard it lifts the rosin paper off the ground that i use to cover the floor haha. I usually replace the floor paper every couple spray sessions and always taped down the perimeter. but the fan pulls so hard it lifts the paper anywhere that is not held down. Ive been getting by using the 5 and 10lbs weighs from my workout room placed randomly across the floor but i would like to have less items to trip over. Just trying to come up with something better - any ideas?
 
Question, why are you using paper on the floor? If the floor is dirty or you are trying to keep overspray off it try this instead,
http://www.paintboothchemicals.com/t..._coatings.aspx
http://3mcollision.com/products/dirt...ing-06839.html
or if you want something non-tacky
http://3mcollision.com/products/dirt...ing-06839.html

There are other manufacturers of the stuff, just google. I've used a lot of the 3m and like it.

You could also install some sort of fan speed control like a GE AF-300 control panel onto the fan to slow the fan speed down.
 
I have a Jenny fan and cover my floor as well. (epoxy floor long story). I use a tarp (roofing) type material and taped the joints. It's a heavy enough material that your feet will not pull it up if it gets sticky (mainly when spraying poly primer). I have some other items covered as well and although there is some movement, nothing is pulling up. You might need to increase the intake to the spray area to balance it out.
 
Look up rbl products they sell a floor covering that is basically like boat wrap i used it in my booth until i went to carpet not the easiest to use but worked and it was white
 
You can only control the speed of the fan if it is designed for it otherwise it will go into thermal overload and over heat and shut off until it cools. That's why I opted for the motor you can control the speed on I tried to control one not designed for it and it over heated and shut off.
Too much pull is not always a good thing you could be causing the fan to work too hard and drawing too much negitave pressure, you need balance, but if your totally committed to that fan I would clean the floor real good and use a concrete epoxy paint on the floor or use a good concrete sealer (Diamond) from your local concrete supplier.
 
i used to use floor paper. booth floor paper is quite common. i used to get mine from here.

http://www.chemcomfg.com/category/floor-paper.html

i would use the 100lb white paper. a 60" roll would do my 34' booth 3 times. the stuff cost me i think $125 shipped to my door. i did quit using it though because i just felt like i was losing and endless battle. i saw no difference in how clean my jobs would come out so i just let the floor collect overspray and just sweep it as usual. on the other hand if you need to cover the floor and you want something that wont blow away, have you tried carpet? indoor/outdoor carpet in a booth sounds crazy but i know alot of people who use it. it traps dust and dirt keeping it from getting in your job. in the morning just run a vacuum over it and your ready to go.
 
I like that carpet idea...

I just laid down paper to keep a fresh dust free surface. I clean the booth between spray seasons but I figured the paper would keep residual trash down. My concrete is actually really smooth and non porous. I have added 3 more filters in attempts to get more flow and less suction but It dI'd not help. I don't have an filter on the exhaust which I am going to try tonight. That will hopefully slow it down quite a bit
 
You really don't want to constrict the fan it can get hot if too constricted.

For reference you take the cubic feet of the area you are using and that is the cfm size of the fan you need to evacuate the air every minute. So lets say the rooms LxWxH equals 850 cubic feet then a fan that does 850cfm will replace the air every minute a fan that does 1700cfm will do it every 30seconds.
 
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